Jessica Hamilton

Botanist🌻/entomologist/🐞/Photographer/🐶dog mum
Ecologist with BEC 🌱 Local leader #BSBIKerry
BSc Field Biology MTU, MSc student UCD
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[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

Flowering now in Ballyheigue, hard 2 pick just 25!! Dactylorhiza Orchids also just starting to show @BSBIbotany @Irishwildlife #notweeds

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

Yesterday would have been this beautiful girl’s 16th birthday, instead it’s 52 days since you left this world💔Happy sweet sixteen my little puppy, the best #Botanydog I hope your days are full of mud, water and ramburgers💞

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

For anyone on Bluesky, I have finally joined to see what the craic is.
https://t.co/QfW02McWd0

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

The Ballyheigue #NYPH was extremely soggy, so much so that we retreated early to prevent hypothermia! We still recorded 44 species in flr, our highest ever for Ballyheigue. Had we been able to finish the usual route, I estimate we would have gotten at least 50. #NewYearPlantHunt

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

We were blessed with blue skies while moseying around the Muckross Peninsula in Killarney National Park while searching for plants in flower for the 2026 #NewYearPlantHunt Six of us recorded 42 species in flower including obligatory Arbutus #NYPH

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

Rachel Mckenna kicking off the 2025 #bsbispringconference , telling us all about her wonderful book 'Step Into Nature'

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

L-R Stachys palustris, S. sylvatica and the hybrid S x ambigua all growing within 2m of each other in a patch of wet grassland in Killorglin. Always nice to see and a new hectad for the hybrid. #wildflowerhour @BSBIbotany @BSBI_Ireland @wildflower_hour

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

Great day botanising around the Cashen Estuary as part of the BSBI #AquaticsPlantProject The target was Eleocharis parvula, a species that is possibly extinct in Ire. No luck but lots of other fab plants incl Trifolium fragiferum, Apium graveolens, and Zannichellia palustris.

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

Cleaning her antennae! @Britnatureguide <3

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

Wonderful close up encounter with this beautiful female Woodwasp (Urocerus gigas) yesterday afternoon while out surveying in West Cork. A spectacular species of Sawfly that is totally harmless.

[Kerry County Council - Comhairle Contae Chiarraí @countykerry]

⚠️ Status Orange warning for Kerry this evening and tonight

5pm to 2am #StormIsha

Follow here for updates and advisories during today

[Carlow Weather @CarlowWeather]

#StormIsha continues to develop and track towards Ireland. Overnight weather models keep the track similar to yesterday’s forecast but they increase the levels of wind gusts a little. Isha is looking like a serious storm and you need to heed warnings.

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

Well done Mary and co! 7 participants recorded 29 species in flower around the very flooded Muckross Peninsula- incl the obligatory Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo). The weather held up as well! Gutted to have missed it, well done guys, great job!🥰
#BSBIKerry #NewYearPlantHunt

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

@BSBIbotany @NimbosaEcology @BSBI_Ireland @MichelineShSk @phoebeob1 @GlengarriffWood @HannahMulcahy8 @NimbosaEcology is unable to make it as well but Mary Sheehan (NPWS) will be leading the hunt :) @MaryMahony

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

⚠️Due to contracting Covid again, the Ballyseedy #NewYearPlantHunt on Jan 1st is unfortunately cancelled⚠️
The Killarney Plant Hunt will still go ahead. @NimbosaEcology @BSBIbotany @BSBI_Ireland @LouiseMarshBSBI

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

BSBI Kerry #NewYearPlantHunt details:
❗NB: Please email/text to let me know you are coming along❗
🌳Ballyseedy Woods, Tralee (Southern cark park): https://t.co/UYXJOKchbg
🌳Killarney Nat Park: https://t.co/zzvdNBgXKL

[Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne]

Ivy Ladybird (Nephus quadrimaculatus) found new to Ireland by B. Power this morning at Drumderry, Co. Wexford. Great to finally see this species after years of fruitless bashing ivy. #LadybirdYearList species no. 20.

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

Super talk last night on all things Great Blasket, a place I've been to lucky to visit numerous times for work & pleasure. Important points raised on the delicate balancing act needed to manage/conserve nature while honouring the history & cultural importance that the isld holds.

[Kerry County Council - Comhairle Contae Chiarraí @countykerry]

🚨 STATUS RED WARNING FOR KERRY

2:00am to 5:00am on Monday

Possible impacts:

- Damage to exposed and vulnerable structures
- Disruption to services and transport
- Significant power outages
- Fallen trees/branches

DO NOT TRAVEL DURING RED WARNING

[BEC Consultants @BECecology]

Read up on the latest status of Annex I woodland habitats in Ireland in our new Irish Wildlife Manual publication by @NPWSIreland. https://t.co/kaxBjHExso

#HabitatsDirective #Woodland #Conservation

[Jessica Hamilton @Jessica_Ham92]

#HappyHalloween🎃Your annual dose of Pups n Pumpkins featuring the best Pups! This little photoshoot tradition started off as a whimsical 2am idea, but is now an annual tradition each yr. A mix of novelty w/ an ode to Autumn with native berries & vegetation used as a backdrop.